Courses/ Master classes/ Workshops/ Student Productions
Courses and workshops
Ana is currently teaching at The New School a number of graduate and undergraduate courses focusing on the relationship between the artist, the audience and the present space. Using her immersive background as a catalyst for empowering artists to be able to draw content from any environment, Ana’s classes explore methods of creating anywhere, under any circumstances ( the extreme free artist).
Past courses include: Writing for Site Specificity; Multidisciplinary Acting, Advanced Directing, Dramaturgy and Design, Devised.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2019- present Adjunct Faculty at The New School
(Advanced Directing, Foundations in Directing, Devised Theatre, Self and the Ensemble, Dramaturgy and Design)
2019- 2023 Adjunct Faculty at SUNY Purchase ( Site Specific Playwriting)
2023- Guest Lecturer Washington and Lee University ( Acting)
2020 - Guest Lecturer NYU Tish XBackstage ( Alternative Theatre)
2018 - Guest Lecturer PACE University ( Theatre of Immigration)
2016 - Guest Faculty Queens College ( Acting)
2015 - Guest Lecturer Queens College ( Directing)
2008-2009 Associate Professor at The National Theatre and Film University Bucharest I.L. Caragiale (Directing)
2007 Guest Lecturer NYU ( Eastern European Theatre)
2007- present National and International Workshops ( acting, directing, playwriting and immersive theater) for students and professionals: NYC, Mexico City, Athens, Bucharest, Buenos Aires, Dublin, London.
Student Productions:
“ Nothing compares with the power of experiential learning. When I direct student productions I try to make sure everyone gets to play and experiment profoundly, without fear of failing, embracing the beauty of error.”
